Hi Demi and list? Is anyone following the UK law at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-bill-supporting-documents/online-safety-bill-factsheet
Curious if we are watching that in connection with other Disinfo/Content moderation laws. Cheers, Alex On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 12:16 PM Dimi Dimitrov <[email protected]> wrote: > The French government has vowed to invest money in the commons. Rub your > eyes, read it again and then continue reading below. > > ==================== > > DIGITAL COMMONS > > ==================== > > It still surprises us to be able to put “French government” and > “investment in the digital commons” together, but here we go: The French > Presidency of the Council of the EU came up with a plan how the old > continent can compete with dominant US tech companies. The plan is to have > more “digital commons”, which can be anything open source, including > software, code libraries, tools, repositories. The basic thinking is that > if fundamental tools and libraries are accessible to all players, this will > level the playing field. [1] > > — > > 19 EU Member Countries and the Commission presented the idea of digital > commons at the Digital Assembly in Toulouse. They acknowledge that there > are many instances of working digital commons, but also point out that > oftentimes projects lack long-term, structural support. The plan envisages > financial help and a “one-stop-shop” to find government support. [2] > > — > > Funds in the ballpark of tens of millions of euros are already pledged, > but the concrete details are still in the making. Thanks to the leadership > of Wikimédia France, our movement and a group of partners (Europeana, > Communia, OpenStreetMap) are part of this conversation from the start. We > especially want to show that governments can often help by removing legal > and administrative obstacles, not just by peddling money. [3] > > ====== > > CSAM > > ====== > > We wrote about the proposal of the Commission to regulate the online > moderation of “Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)” in last month’s report > [4]. While it is a very important issue to tackle, we do have great > concerns with parts of the text, especially provisions that would allow > scanning all online chats on a given platform. We are still analysing how > exactly, if at all, this would impact Wikimedia projects. In the meantime, > we can offer a short briefing. [5] > > — > > On the legislative side, the start feels very bumpy: The European > Parliament probably won’t refer the file to a committee until September or > October, while ample criticism is pouring in, including from the German > government. [6] > > ========= > > Net Neutrality > > ========= > > The European Commission plans to push out a new legislative proposal after > the summer that is expected to include provisions forcing some service > providers to pay for data traffic (think Facebook and Netflix paying > Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica). While this is a classic example of a > lobbying battle between very large telecommunications companies and very > large tech companies, it also would violate some basic principles of net > neutrality. A group of civil society organisations, led by EDRi, sent a > letter to the relevant Commissioners outlining the main issues. [7] > > — > > On the bright side, BEREC, the EU’s body of telecoms regulators, has > updated its net neutrality guidelines to close some loopholes and > effectively ban zero rating of data for some applications. [8] > > ============= > > Disinformation > > ============= > > The European Commission has presented an updated Code of Practice on > Disinformation. [9] Wikimedia had not signed up the original Code, because > we deemed it was mainly focused on “follow the money”, hence where > disinformation is spread through advertising and paid reach. The version > will allow researchers more access to data of large platforms and again > focus on advertising. > > — > > The Code of Practice is a voluntary initiative for online platforms, but > taking part in it essentially removes some obligations under the newly > created Digital Services Act. > > ============= > > Italian Dramas > > ============= > > The Italian government published new draft guidelines about public data > (open government) and opened a consultation. [10] They basically state that > open government and open data provisions don’t apply to institutions > related to culture, which is a very Italian thing. We wonder if this is in > line with the Public Sector Information Directive and will investigate with > Wikimedia Italia, which are also participating in the consultation. > > — > > The Italian government has been on a roll. It also published the draft > national digitisation plan. It would establish an administrative fee for > the commercial use of all public domain digitisations of cultural > institutions. It essentially outlaws CC0 as a relevant license for most > GLAMs in the country and circumvents the public domain safeguard enshrined > in the latest copyright directive. There was a public consultation until 15 > June which Wikimedia Italy and partners participated in. Expect blog posts > on Diff and on wikimedia.brussels soon. > > ============= > > Polish & Czech Copyright Reforms > > ============= > > The Czech copyright reform is in parliament. We have a Czech language > copy. [11] The Polish government published its proposal, which will go to > parliament very soon. We have a rough English translation. [12] If you > consider yourself a copyright geek, enjoy reading them. If you want to help > our national partners advocating on this, get in touch! :) > > ==== > > END > > ==== > > [1]https://twitter.com/AmbNum/status/1540657835427741699 > > [2] > https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/diplomatie-numerique/actualites-et-evenements/article/le-rapport-sur-les-communs-numeriques-un-levier-essentiel-pour-la-souverainete > > [3] > https://www.wikimedia.fr/pour-un-developpement-des-communs-numeriques-a-lechelle-europeenne/ > > [4] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/D6C5TA6FWDLA6JHLJHAT66C2BZ4AQ3XG/ > > [5] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dD5AF8-uk2LFG7mu62AK7S80H4CrF1ftV7lheE6ZJBM/edit?usp=sharing > > [6] > https://www.techdirt.com/2022/06/27/germany-says-hell-no-to-eu-proposal-to-outlaw-encryption/ > > [7] > https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Q4d13xqr5UsPkoSMw7d_3YL-hZnq4cL/view?usp=sharing > > [8]https://fossbytes.com/europe-bans-zero-rating-internet-offers/ > > [9]https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_3664 > > [10] > https://www.agid.gov.it/it/agenzia/stampa-e-comunicazione/notizie/2022/06/16/open-data-consultazione-linee-guida > . > > [11] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J7dvl4yEk6ScWIIypdI6Uq_7273T7G5i/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110641574264354613563&rtpof=true&sd=true > > [12] > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N0ArQkgpZkQQcdpsidS_Yc-bS5liQsl5/view?usp=sharing > > Wikimedia Belgium vzw > BE 0563.775.480 - RPR Brussel > Antwerpselaan 40 Boulevard d’Anvers 1000 Brussel/Bruxelles > www.wikimedia.be > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Alex Stinson Lead Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: @sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns
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